480 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Vice-President : Then I shall put Mr. Tyagi’s amendment, which is an amendment to amendment No. 1146, to vote.
Shri H. V. Kamath : No, Sir. My amendment as amended by Mr. Tyagi should be put to the vote.
Mr. Vice-President : Yes, yes ; that is understood, I did not know that you were such a stickler for forms ; You break so many forms systematically !
The question is :
“That in article 49 for the words ‘do solemnly affirm (or swear)’, the following be substituted :—
swear in t he name of God 'do '." solemnly affirm
The amendment was adopted.
Article 49, as amended, was adopted and added to the Constitution.
*Mr. Vice-President: Amendment Nos. 1166, 1167, 1168 and 1169 are of similar import. Amendment No. 1167 may be moved. It stands in the name of Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Sir, I move :
“That in sub-clause (b) of clause (2) of article 50, for the words ‘supported by’ the words ‘passed by a majority of’ be substituted.”
Mr. Vice-President : Amendment No. 1166 standing in the names of Mr. Mohd. Tahir and Saiyid Jafar Imam.
Mr. Mohd. Tahir : I want to discuss it. My amendment is quite different from Dr. Ambedkar’s. They are not the same.
Mr. Vice-President : It can be put to the vote. You can take part in the general discussion and make your point then. That will be much better, I think.
†Mr. Vice-President : ...Amendment No. 1177 may be moved.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move :
“That in clause (4) of article 50. for the words ‘passed, supported by’ the words ‘passed by a majority of’ be substituted.”
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, of the many amendments winch have been moved to this article, I can accept only two. One is No. 1158 moved by my Friend, Mr. Gupte
*CAD, Vol. VII, 28th December 1948. p. 1065.
† Ibid p. 1067.
‡ Ibid., pp. 1070-82.